14 must-read thriller books like The Killing Pit (Jake Pettman #1) by Wes Markin

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The Killing Pit (Jake Pettman #1)

By: Wes Markin

4.15

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A broken ex-detective. A corrupt chief of police. A merciless drug lord. And a missing child. …

If you liked the thriller plot in The Killing Pit (Jake Pettman #1) by Wes Markin , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. To Murder a Saint

By: Nicole Loughan

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

"The ground is too wet... If you bury the dead here, they can come back." Her father always warned … read more

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2. Section 132

By: Helga Zeiner

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

Lillian grows up in an American fundamentalist Mormon sect which still practices polygamy. At thirt… read more

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3. The Redemption Man (Gabe Devlin, #1)

By: James Carver

4.37

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

A darker world will need a new kind of detective.... Someone is out to get Father Gabe Devlin. But… read more

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  • thriller
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4. Olivia

By: John Hunt

3.93

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Hiking trails in remote woods are his hunting grounds. He kills and kills but the police don’t k… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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5. Taken to the Hills (Luke Sackville Crime Thrillers Book 1)

By: S J Richards

4.27

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Abductions and murder are not what ex-DCI Luke Sackville expected when he left the police after tra… read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
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6. A Dark Breed (Monsters & Mayhem Collection, #1, The)

By: Patrick McNulty

3.97

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Nick Jacksons family is teetering on the edge of emotional and financial ruin. With the threat of u… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The River’s Secret (Sophie Quinn FBI Mystery #1) by Georgia Wagner

7. The River’s Secret (Sophie Quinn FBI Mystery #1)

By: Georgia Wagner

4.34

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

A cold knife, a brutal laugh. Then the odds-defying escape. Once a hypnotist with her own TV sh… read more

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  • thriller
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8. The Forgotten Lands (Dylan Harper #1)

By: Justin Warren

4.08

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Dylan Harper is investigating the case of a missing newspaper journalist where all his leads have d… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. Caleb: Atonement (Caleb Lambert Thriller Book 2)

By: Jeff Menapace

4.46

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Atonementnoun1. Satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.“Caleb Lambert’s violent t… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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10. Creepy Crawly (DI Jake Sawyer, #1)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.29

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

"Just because you don't feel fear, it doesn't mean you shouldn't be afraid."DI JAKE SAWYER is the b… read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
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11. The Family Man (John Drake, #1)

By: M. R. Armitage

4.43

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

He stalked their homes. He slaughtered their families. But he let the mothers live. The Family M… read more

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  • thriller
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12. Dark Lies (Logan Cooper #1)

By: Elliot York

4.50

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Relax, this won’t be so bad. After all, this isn’t the first time you’ve died. She was the girl… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. The Killing Pit (Jake Pettman #1)

By: Wes Markin

4.15

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A broken ex-detective. A corrupt chief of police. A merciless drug lord. And a missing child. … read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. Slaughter of Innocents (DCI Garrick Crime Thrillers #1)

By: M.G. Cole

4.22

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

MURDER IS EASY… WHEN NOBODY CARES… DCI David Garrick is recovering from the tragic murder of his… read more

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15. The Bootneck (Connor Reed #1)

By: Quentin Black

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go for a man who gave you a second chance in life? 'The Chameleon Project'—a Bla… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Ransomed (A Casey Cort Legal Thriller Book 2)

By: Aime Austin

4.02

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The Brody family destroyed her. Now they want her back. Losing the most high profile case of he… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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17. Relentless

By: Mike McCrary

4.06

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

He had the time of his life. Then it turned into a nightmare. Davis Briggs is a kind-hearted fam… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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18. Fourth Estate (Double Blind #4)

By: Dan Alatorre

4.41

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

Several Tampa media personalities were known for their “hit piece” stories about local public figur… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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19. Possessed by Sin (Touch of Evil #4)

By: Kennedy Layne

4.40

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

A deadly sin turns into a violent obsession… In an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of a rur… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Pictures to Die For (John Kite #3) by Stuart Doughty

20. Pictures to Die For (John Kite #3)

By: Stuart Doughty

4.13

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

A multi-million dollar painting travels through Florida in a high security truck. Then it's hit by… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Tubby Dubonnet Mysteries Vol. 1-2 (The Tubby Dubonnet Series)

By: Tony Dunbar

4.34

Format: 453 pages, Kindle Edition

Mouth-watering New Orleans cuisine and a box set full of characters who could be renegades from the… read more

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22. His Wife's Sister

By: A.J. Wills

3.88

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

He stole her childhood. Now she wants it back. A woman is found wandering through woodland, conf… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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23. Stronger Than Death (DI Jake Sawyer, #2)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.48

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Jake Sawyer is suffering. After a bruising confrontation with a cruel killer, he has isolated hi… read more

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  • crime
Cover of To Bell and Back (A Samantha Bell Thriller #8) by Jeremy   Waldron

24. To Bell and Back (A Samantha Bell Thriller #8)

By: Jeremy Waldron

4.50

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Crime fiction at its best. Crime reporter Samantha Bell is in California for the biggest intervi… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. The Dying Light (DI Jake Sawyer, #3)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.52

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Two missing children.A heartless killer.A disgraced detective.-----DI Jake Sawyer is out in the col… read more

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  • crime
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26. Pray For Rain (DI Jake Sawyer, #4)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.55

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A maniac on the looseA detective on the edge---JAKE SAWYER is feeling the heat. Returning to duty a… read more

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  • crime
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27. When the Storm Ends

By: Rebecca L. Marsh

4.37

Format: 348 pages, ebook

Beth thought her violent childhood was something she left in the past—until she met Erin. Now the a… read more

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28. Chase The Devil (DI Jake Sawyer, #5)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.41

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

--- JAKE SAWYER is in limbo. Facing an internal enquiry into his capture of a vicious killer, he t… read more

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29. Fear of God (DI Jake Sawyer #8)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.58

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother's dying prayer A son's unholy vengeance JAKE SAWYER is damaged. Haunted by guilt after… read more

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30. Cruel Summer (DI Jake Sawyer #7)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.52

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

A city in fear of the night A detective at home in the dark --- JAKE SAWYER is in demand. Wi… read more

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31. The Skeleton Lake (DI Jake Sawyer #6)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.58

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

JAKE SAWYER is in hiding. Wanted for questioning after a death in his custody, he is lying low, for… read more

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3.93

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S J Richards

4.27

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Patrick McNulty

3.97

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Justin Warren

4.08

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Mary Stone

4.40

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Tom Threadgill

4.24

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Alex Sigmore

4.52

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Alex Sigmore

4.65

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